Export Layers to Files

As you work with different video applications, you will find that support for Photoshop layers is not universal. To get past this limitation, Photoshop offers a useful script called Export Layers to Files. Photoshop allows you to convert a layered file into a series of individual files. You can choose to create a PSD, BMP, JPEG, PDF, Targa, or TIFF file for each layer. Layers are named automatically as they are

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Sending Layers to Files

^ Need to import a layered file into a program doesn't recognize layers (such as Apple's LiveType)? Be sure to check out the great script called Export Layers to Files.

created; however, you have options that you can use for naming. Let's give it a try.

Step 1. Open the file Scripts_Demo.psd from the Chapter 12 folder on the DVD-ROM.

Step 2. Choose File>Scripts>Export Layers to Files. . . to run the script.

Step 3. In the Export Layers to Files dialog box, choose a destination by clicking the Browse button. For this sample, create a new folder on the desktop called Export.

Step 4. Enter a descriptive name into the File Name Prefix text box.

Step 5. Choose a File Type and set any options for the exported file. For our sample, choose PSD and check the Maximize Compatibility box.

Select the Visible Layers Only option if you want to export only layers that are visible.

This first volume will guide you through the basics of Photoshop. Well start at the beginning and slowly be working our way through to the more advanced stuff but dont worry its all aimed at the total newbie.